Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson: a political soldier Keith Jeffrey (Oxford University Press, £40, €57) ISBN 9780198203582Sir Henry Wilson has not been treated well by historians. As a soldier, he rose to the top of his profession and played a significant role in formulating Allied policy after 1917, which contributed to victory over the Central … Read more
Emergency Law in Ireland 1922–1948 Seosamh Ó Longaigh (Four Courts Press, €55) ISBN 9781851829224 The last years of British government in Ireland, 1916–21, saw the use of extraordinary legislation and military courts on a scale unprecedented since the eighteenth century. Individual executions, such as that of Kevin Barry in November 1920, undermined the legitimacy of … Read more
The Orange Order: a tradition betrayed Brian Kennaway (Methuen, £15.99, ?23.25) ISBN 0 413 77535 6 The author of this work has been an Orangeman for over 40 years and a senior member of the Grand Lodge of Ireland for 25; for years he has been one of the most public faces of Orangeism and … Read more
In our very first offering (HI 12.1, Spring 2004) Bookworm lavished particular praise on Peter Carr’s Portavo: an Irish townland and its peoples. But that was only Part One of this lavishly illustrated micro-study of one townland on the Ards peninsula, Co. Down, taking the story from the earliest times to 1844. Part Two: The … Read more
Bell Labs Museum Lucent Technologies, Blanchardstown Industrial Park, Dublin 15 01–6924384 Tours by prior appointment. Enquiries: Fiona Carpenter +353-1-6924384, fcarpenter@lucent.com by Toby Joyce The Bell Labs Ireland Museum presents exhibits centred on the contribution Bell Labs has made to science and telecommunications. It is an offshoot of the parent museum in Murray Hill, New Jersey, … Read more